# "What Are There More Of?" Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-there-more-of-game/621861>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 14, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-there-more-of-game/621861 "2012-05-14T07:48:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-there-more-of-game/621861/1 "2012-05-14T07:48:42Z")

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Simple game. Five items. Rank them from most to least by how many of them there are in the world. No looking up the answers.

McDonald’s restaurants  
Segways  
synagogues  
wide-body jets  
zebras

Answer:

1. zebras - 663,000  
2. Segways - 40,000  
3. McDonald’s restaurants - 32,000  
4. synagogues - 15,900  
5. wide-body jets - 6,230

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-there-more-of-game/621861/2 "2012-05-14T17:30:55Z")

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1. McDonald’s
2. Synagogues
3. Zebras
4. Wide-body jets
5. Segways

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-there-more-of-game/621861/3 "2012-05-14T17:31:56Z")

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Ah, not even close.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-there-more-of-game/621861/4 "2012-05-14T18:41:37Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Ah, not even close.

Look at the bright side. You’re in first place.

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**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-there-more-of-game/621861/5 "2012-05-14T21:04:40Z")

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1. Zebras
2. McDonald’s
3. Synagogues
4. Segways
5. Wide bodied jets

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**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-there-more-of-game/621861/6 "2012-05-14T21:56:51Z")

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While I’m not surprised by the drop-off factor between #1 and the rest of the items on the list, I’m definitely surprised at how the rest of the list shapes out. I suppose that it does make sense that anything manufactured for consumer use is going to beat out buildings, though.